knit sweaters

For Want of Buttons – Annabel Cardigan

I don’t remember exactly when I finished this sweater, but my Ravelry notes tell me I started it in May, 2014. I think I finished it in the fall of that year, but I’ll give myself a bit of procrastinator grace and go with January of 2015, that way it doesn’t look like I’ve been sitting on a nearly finished… Read More »For Want of Buttons – Annabel Cardigan

on being Babcia

(Babcia. It’s Polish. It means Grandmom. There are other ways people spell it, and lots of ways people pronounce it. We say “bah’-chee”. I love hearing my oldest granddaughter call me that.) Over five years ago, when I was just a few months pregnant with Sophie, my 6th child, our oldest daughter and son-in-law announced that they were expecting their… Read More »on being Babcia